Slate Magazine | US military prepares for potential chemical weapons in Syria CBS News (CBS News) FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- On Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Syrians who've fled the two-year-old civil war. He visited a sprawling refugee camp in Jordan that holds 115,000 refugees. Some pleaded with Kerry for U.S. military ... Is It Too Late to Help Syria? UK ARMY CHIEF: Invading Syria Would Be The Only Way To Topple Assad Britain abandons plans to arm Syria militants: sources |
RT (blog) | Gen. Dempsey grilled about US policy in Syria USA TODAY SHARE 62 CONNECT 57 TWEET 8 COMMENTEMAILMORE. WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer, Gen. Martin Dempsey, came under fire from Sen. John McCain over the issue of Syria in a testy exchange Thursday at Dempsey's confirmation ... Dempsey Says Assad Gains in Syria as McCain Demands Views US preparing for military action in Syria, top US general says General Dempsey says US considering use of force in Syria |
Washington Post | One Islamist rebel group seems to have overtaken all the others The Economist UNTIL last month the leader of Ahrar al-Sham (the Free Men of Syria), a large Salafist rebel group, went by a nom de guerre. Then on June 8th Hassan Aboud revealed his real name in an interview with Al Jazeera, the Qatari satellite television channel. Britain bans Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on terrorism grounds |
Foreign Fighters Flocking to Syria Stirs Terror Concerns Bloomberg The U.S. and European Union are seeing an increasing number of radicalized young Muslims going to Syria to fight, a development that raises the danger that they will return to conduct terrorist attacks at home. The war is providing both a rallying ... US military should stay out of Syria |
Daily Beast | Inside the Obama-McCain Meeting Daily Beast A large part of the conversation focused on the war in Syria, where McCain has been advocating for a U.S.-led no-fly zone and targeted airstrikes to degrade President Bashar al-Assad's airpower. βIt's very clear that he sees that events are going in ... |
Syria Kurds fight jihadists for their autonomy: analysts Fox News BEIRUT (AFP) β Syria's Kurds are battling jihadist fighters in northern Syria in a bid to protect and even extend the long-sought autonomy they have gained since the country's conflict begin, experts say. This week alone, at least 29 jihadist and ... |
Voice of America | Ankara Worried by Kurdish Gains in Syria, Observers Say Voice of America "They've always been hostile to the Kurdish population in Syria gaining or improving its position in that country," he said. "So they're looking on with some concern, if not hostility, especially as the major Kurdish group in Syria is closely aligned ... Turkey responds to fire from Syria, army says NGO: Clashes between Kurds, jihadists kill 29 in Syria Ankara concerned as Kurds seize town on Syria-Turkey border |
Arab TV star Abbas al Nouri of Syria grieves for his nation Los Angeles Times BEIRUT β Abbas al Nouri pauses as a particularly loud car roars past the cafe on the main thoroughfare. The overly solicitous waitress lingers, a hint of recognition in her eyes. At the table, the conversation inevitably focuses on Al Nouri's native ... |
RT (blog) | From Turkey with love: Another Israeli attack on Syria? RT (blog) No one should be surprised to hear that Israel and Turkey are collaborating together against the Syrians. With the aim of tightening the front against Syria, President Obama even travelled to Israel in March 2013 to directly broker a quick ... |
US Considering Use Of Force In Syria, Dempsey Says Huffington Post Forces loyal to the Syrian army wave national flags as they celebrate in the main square of Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province on June 5, 2013, after government forces seized total control of the former rebel-stronghold. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) ... |